Discrimination
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Caste, identity, and worker productivity in India
While caste-based occupations may hold 'productivity benefits', removing the discriminatory links between low castes and work brings even larger gains
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Bad taste: Gender discrimination in consumer lending
Discrimination in consumer lending seems to come largely from biased male officers; combatting it may require cultural changes at the institutional level
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Something to complain about: How minority representatives overcome ethnic barriers
Access to formal complaints technologies improves minorities’ strategic bargaining power within local government and improves public good provision
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Does your cultural background affect your credit profile?
In Indian banks, cultural proximity (shared beliefs, ethnicity) between lenders and borrowers increases access to credit and reduces default
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Missing unmarried women
Being unmarried, especially through widowhood, can have substantial effects on relative rates of female mortality in the developing world